Robert Daglish
Robert Daglish(1779-28 December 1865) was a colliery manager,mining,mechanicalandcivil engineerat the start of the railway era.
Daglish was born inNorth East England.[1]He became a member of theInstitution of Civil Engineersin 1830. He died atOrrellon 28 December 1865 and is buried at theChurch of St Thomas the Martyr,Upholland.He had married Margaret Twizel in 1804. Their children included George (1805-1870), who became a surgeon and Robert.[2]
Daglish moved to Lancashire in 1804 where he was employed byLord Balcarresto manageHaigh Foundryand the adjacent Brock Mill Forge. While atHaighhe built pumping, winding and blast engines which in their day were described as "improved and efficient machines".[3]
Around 1810, Daglish moved to Orrell where he was appointed manager of John Clarke'sOrrell Colliery.Having seen the rack locomotivesJohn Blenkinsopdesigned for theMiddleton Railwaynear Leeds in 1812, under licence, he built theYorkshire Horseto the same design as Blenkinsop'sSalamanca.[3]He converted the colliery wagonway between the collieries atWinstanleyand theLeeds and Liverpool Canalat Crooke to a running track with stone sleepers and iron rails.[4][5]The locomotive was built at Haigh Foundry. Under Daglish's management the colliery was extremely profitable.[3]He built a second locomotive and said they each did the work of 14 horses saving the company about £500 per year.[5]
Daglish supervised much of the construction work on theBolton and Leigh Railwaywhich opened in 1828.[6] he rebuilt the locomotive,Novelty,for theSt Helens and Runcorn Gap Railwayin 1833. With his son, Robert who erected the machinery for that railway'sinclined planes,they operated the line from 1839 until 1848. Daglish was consulted by other railway companies such as theNewcastle & Carlisle Railwayin 1832 and theGreat North of England Railway.He won a prize in theLondon and Birmingham Railway's competition for the best design for rail chairs. In North America, Daglish was consulted by theBaltimore and Susquehanna,theBoston and Providence,theNew York and HarlemandNorwich and Worcester Railroads.[2]
Robert Daglish (1809-1883)
[edit]Daglish's son, Robert (1809-1883) was also an engineer. He trained withHick and RothwellinBoltonbefore moving to Lee Watson and Company's St Helens Iron Foundry. The foundry supplied machinery for mills, mines, waterworks, glassworks, and railways. Iron lattice truss bridges were supplied to theLiverpool and Bury Railwayin 1846. He was also a railway contractor.[2]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Two Graves and their Occupants,TheBBC,retrieved8 February2018
- ^abcSkempton 2002,p. 170
- ^abcAnderson 1975,p. 176
- ^Anderson 1975,p. 111
- ^abPreece 1985,p. 36
- ^Sweeney 1996,p. 7
Bibliography
[edit]- Anderson, Donald (1975),The Orrell Coalfield, Lancashire 1740-1850,Moorland Publishing Company,ISBN0-903485-23-0
- Preece, Geoff (1985),Coalmining in Salford, A Photographic Record,City of Salford Cultural Services,ISBN0-901952-12-5,OCLC24883314
- Skempton, A. W.;et al., eds. (2002),Biographical Dictionary of Civil EngineersVolume 1, 1500-1830,Thomas Telford on behalf of theInstitution of Civil Engineers,ISBN0-7277-2939-X
- Sweeney, D. J. (1996),A Lancashire Triangle Part One,Triangle Publishing,ISBN0-9529333-0-6